[Columbia Studies in Political Thought / Political History 01] • The Primacy of the Political by Howard, Dick -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Half title Series Page Title Copyright Contents A Note to the Reader Acknowledgments Introduction: Democracy and the Renewal of Political Thought 1: The Rise and Fall of Athenian Democracy

The Origins of Athenian Democracy The Ideal and the Reality of Athenian Democracy: Pericles’ Funeral Oration Plato’s Philosophical Antipolitics Aristotle and the Properly Political Philosophy Goes Private

2: The Rise and Fall of Roman Republicanism

3: The Conflict of the Sacred and the Secular

The Two Cities in Theory and Practice The Conflict of the Two Cities Becomes a Reality Natural Law and the Dynamic Integration of the Two Cities Piety, Theology, and the Birth of Modern Man

4: Facing the Challenge of Modernity

5: Modern Individualism and Political Obligation

Hobbes’s Liberal Absolutism Locke’s Constitutional Liberalism Rousseau’s Defensive Republicanism

6: The End of Political Philosophy?

A Political Economy? The French Revolution and the Ambiguities of a Democratic Republic The Legitimacy of Conservatism? The United States as a Republican Democracy

Conclusion: Elements for a Democratic Renewal Notes Glossary Index